This effectively froze the population figures in accordance with the census, which was The 84th Constitutional amendment in extended these deadlines from to A delimitation exercise did take place after this.
It began in July and ended in May , and was conducted on the basis of the census. It readjusted all parliamentary and assembly constituencies in the country. However, it could not increase the total number of seats in the Lok Sabha or the assemblies due to the freeze imposed in The strength of the Lok Sabha has been changed in the past through various amendments to the Constitution. For instance, the original Article 81 fixed the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha at members, and so the first House had members in After , the numbers of seats allocated to various states in the Lok Sabha as well as its total strength changed due to various delimitation exercises as well as reorganisation of states.
So, for instance, the original Article 81 said that states would be divided, grouped or formed into constituencies to ensure that there shall be at least one member for every , of the population and not more than one member for every , of the population. The second Constitutional amendment changed these figures to , and , respectively, according to the findings of the census.
Then through the seventh Constitutional amendment in , Article 81 was overhauled after the reorganisation of states, which divided the country into 14 states and six Union territories. By the 31st amendment to the Constitution in , the seats in Lok Sabha were increased from to The allocation of seats to various states also changed with the formation of new states over the period of time — sometimes changing the total strength of the House, while other times leaving it untouched.
A few changes to the composition of the Lok Sabha did occur despite the freeze effected by the and amendments as well. For instance, when new states, like Uttarakhand , were formed. However, it has often been pointed out that by , the population figures on the basis of which parliamentary seats are currently allotted to states will be six decades old.
Experts have also pointed out the over- and under-representation that this leads to. For instance, it was calculated that according to the census, Uttar Pradesh should have been allotted 7 more seats while Tamil Nadu should have had 7 fewer Lok Sabha seats.
It showed that if those numbers were taken into account, four north Indian states — Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh — should collectively be allotted 22 more seats, while four southern states — Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Telangana and Tamil Nadu — would have had to lose out on 17 seats altogether.
However, increasing the total number of seats in the Lok Sabha has been viewed positively in the past, with experts opining that this would address the issue of each Indian MPs representing larger constituencies. Mukherjee had also pointed out the increase in population since the census. India needs free, fair, non-hyphenated and questioning journalism even more as it faces multiple crises. But the news media is in a crisis of its own.
There have been brutal layoffs and pay-cuts. The best of journalism is shrinking, yielding to crude prime-time spectacle. The Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of people chosen by direct election on the basis of Universal Adult Suffrage. Maximum strength of the House is members - members to represent the States, 20 members to represent the Union Territories, and 2 members to be nominated by the President from the Anglo-Indian Community.
At present, the strength of the House is The term of the Lok Sabha, unless dissolved, is five years from the date appointed for its first meeting. However, while a proclamation of emergency is in operation, this period may be extended by Parliament by law for a period not exceeding one year at a time and not extending in any case, beyond a period of six months after the proclamation has ceased to operate.
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